I hadn`t accepted he was seriously ill. The idea that someone so close to you couldn`t wake up was utterly incomprehensible. Then the doctor came in... Maurice had no brain left. There wasn`t any activity at all.
I find it very, very hard. He was part of the fabric of my life. We were kids together, and teenagers. We spent the whole of our lives with each other because of our music.
I don`t take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It`s made me wonder about mortality and how long you`ve got somebody in the world. I`m more fearful than I used to be.